The turn-out at the protest wasn't really what Pocahontas had been expecting. There were way more people there than she thought there would be. Most of them were students from Andalasia and Camelot, with some parents and younger kids. Pocahontas scanned the crowd. She spotted Crysta talking to a couple people and she started walking over to her. When Crysta saw her, she greeted her with a smile.

"Hi, Pocahontas! I'm so glad you made it," Crysta said.

"I wouldn't miss it," Pocahontas said. She continued to look around, but didn't see John anywhere. She should have known he wouldn't come.

"Excuse me," Crysta said to Pocahontas.

Crysta hurried over to a small platform and hushed the crowd. When everyone's attention was on her, she started talking.

"The bulldozer should be here any minute!" Crysta announced. "They won't listen to me, but they'll have to listen to all of us! Together we can save these woods, but we have to stand our ground! Don't back down, no matter what!"

The crowd started cheering and Pocahontas clapped along with them. Within a few minutes, a jeep pulled into the clearing and a couple men wearing suits stepped out. Much to Pocahontas' surprise, John was with them.

"Pocahontas, isn't that the boy you were with the other day?" Crysta asked.

Pocahontas nodded, but couldn't say anything as she watched John and the other men walk over to the platform. John spotted Pocahontas and winked at her, but she just continued to stare at him.

"Listen up, everyone!" John said. "After learning about the plans to tear down these woods, I did some research of my own. It turns out that with these woods acting as a border between Andalasia and Camelot, it is not technically located in either town, and so neither town-even in an agreement- can do anything with it. Also, these woods act as the county borderline, as well. So, it is not in either county. In a situation like this, the matter would have to be taken up with the state, and it was not."

John stepped down from the platform and one of the men in suits stepped forward.

"In light of what this young man brought forward, we will not be attempting to bulldoze these woods," the man said.

This was met with cheers and applause from the crowd. Pocahontas ran over to John and flung her arms around his neck.

"Thank you," she said to him.

XXX

Belle hugged her pillow to her chest as she walked up the sidewalk to Jane's front door. Jane and Tiana thought it would be best for Belle if she had a night in with just her girlfriends; no boys and no drama. Belle rang the doorbell and Jane immediately answered the door. She was wearing blue pajama pants with monkeys on it and a matching tank top.

"Yay! You're here!" Jane cried excitedly as she pulled Belle into a hug.

"Hey, girl," Tiana greeted as Belle walked inside. Tiana was wearing a faded, green jersey-style long sleeved shirt with short green shorts.

"Hi." Belle suddenly felt over dressed in her jeans and t-shirt.

"Ah, Belle, you're here; just in time." Jane's father, Mr. Porter, came into the living room from the kitchen. "I made mini pizzas."

Belle smiled at Mr. Porter. "Those are my favorite."

"I know," Mr. Porter replied. "You girls go on up to Jane's room; I'll bring your snacks up."

"Thanks, Daddy!" Jane said as the girls walked upstairs.

Once they were in Jane's room, Belle unpacked her pajamas then went across the hall to change in the bathroom. When she came out of the bathroom, she ran into Jane's dad.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Mr. Porter."

"It's quite all right," he said. He then gave Belle a sympathetic look. "Belle, I heard about the fire. How are you holding up?"

"I'm fine," Belle replied. "No one was hurt; it was more… scary than anything else."

Mr. Porter nodded. "Of course."

Belle gave him a reassuring smile and the two of them went into Jane's room. Mr. Porter set the mini pizzas and three cans of Sprite on Jane's desk, then left the girls alone. Belle picked up a mini pizza, then sat down on the bed next to Jane and Tiana.

"I know we're supposed to be having a boys-free night and I'm not supposed to ask about the fire, but I have to know: what was it like to have Adam rescue you like that?"

"Jane..." Tiana shot Jane a warning look.

"Hey! I wouldn't have to be bringing this up right now if Belle had returned my calls this week," Jane said, defensively.

"It's okay," Belle said. "Honestly, I don't really know. I was kind of in shock by the whole thing. I thought Philip was the one who pulled me out since I hadn't seen Adam and I knew Philip had gone after me. When I actually found out it was Adam, I was so relieved that he was okay that I couldn't think of anything else."

"Adam had been in the treehouse when it caught fire, right?" Tiana asked.

Belle nodded. "Yeah."

"And you went into the burning treehouse to save him..." Jane sighed. "It's so romantic. It's like when Rose jumped back onto the sinking Titanic to be with Jack."

Tiana raised an eyebrow at Jane. Tiana was more of a realist than a hopeless romantic. "I don't think it's really like that."

Jane blushed. "It sort of is. I mean, granted, Rose did it because she couldn't live without him, not to rescue him. But, that's the same kind of relationship Belle and Adam have. I bet Belle would do the same thing. Belle risked her life, knowing it was possible that they could both end up dying, just so she could get to him. And then he in turn saved her." She sighed again. "They should really make a movie about you two."

XXX

Jasmine pulled her car up in front of Flynn's house. She looked up at the house and nervously tapped her fingers on her steering wheel. Naturally, she couldn't shake her concerns about Aladdin and Sadira so she decided to talk to Flynn and get his advice. Aladdin and Flynn had been good friends for a while and if anyone would be honest with her about everything it would be Flynn.

A sudden knock on her window made Jasmine jump. She quickly turned and saw Flynn standing outside the driver's door. Jasmine turned off her car and got out.

"Your stalking flatters me," Flynn said. "But, I have a girlfriend."

Jasmine let out a nervous laugh. "I wasn't stalking you. I came to talk to you."

"I was just about to go for a walk; why don't you join me?" Flynn offered.

Jasmine nodded and the two of them started on their walk.

"So, what's on your mind?" Flynn asked.

"Aladdin. He's moving when school gets out," Jasmine replied. "And it turns out he's gonna be going to school and working with his ex-girlfriend, Sadira."

Flynn nodded. "I see your concern; they were pretty serious about each other for a while. He even thought about proposing to her once we graduated-"

Jasmine frowned. "Flynn Rider, you are not helping."

Flynn laughed. "Relax. Things ended badly and Aladdin can't even stand to be around her."

"How did it end?" Jasmine asked, realizing Aladdin had never told her exactly what caused him to break up with her.

"Well, they don't call her a witch for no reason. Actually, more precisely, she's known as the sand witch," Flynn said. When he saw the confused look Jasmine was giving him, he continued. "She was caught cheating on Aladdin on the beach. Aladdin caught them one night after they had made plans to meet up there. When he got there he saw her hooking up with some college guy in the sand."

"Poor Aladdin. That must have been really hard," Jasmine said.

Flynn nodded. "He was pretty upset about it, but mostly he was just angry. As far as I know, he hasn't talked to her since then."

"Do you think me and Aladdin will make it after he moves?" Jasmine asked.

"I don't know," Flynn said. "I hope so; if the two of you can't make it, it doesn't give the rest of much hope."